When I walked into the doctors office today, I could see that Emily's right eye looked a little better than it had a week ago. I also knew that her left eye wasn't really any better, which bothered me. I had been giving her the medicine and it was pretty clear that it wasn't working very well.
Dr. Zaidman looked at her and suggested that we add the Iquix back into the mix of eye drops to help aid in the healing. He said that he wanted to give her 2 weeks with this combination of meds and see how she does. If her left eye does not heal or look drastically better, he mentioned sending her to see another doctor for possible eyelid surgery. Ugh...the thought of another surgery just makes me sick. His hunch is that she is not closing her eyelid enough during the day or all the way while she is sleeping, and that is causing the dry eye...which in turn is not allowing the scratch to heal. If that's the case she will need surgery to put stitches in her eyelid to help it close better and maintain the moisture. He is also lowered the frequency of the Durezol, the steriod, in the left eye because that could be contributing to the dryness as it is a side effect. Going from 4 times a day to once a day is pretty drastic, especially since the steroid is what is helping to prevent the cornea from rejecting.
Obviously surgery is not an option that I want to consider. She has been through enough. I just hope and pray that the left eye heals within the next 2 weeks. Her appointment is Feb. 1st...
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